(MFC) Read iCloud Email Account using IMAP

Demonstrates how to set the IMAP settings for an iCloud email account and downloads the email from Inbox.

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#include <CkImap.h>
#include <CkEmail.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    CkString strOut;

    // This example assumes Chilkat Imap to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Unlock Imap for sample code.

    CkImap imap;

    // Connect to the iCloud IMAP Mail Server
    imap.put_Ssl(true);
    imap.put_Port(993);
    bool success = imap.Connect("imap.mail.me.com");
    if (success != true) {
        strOut.append(imap.lastErrorText());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());
        return;
    }

    // The username is usually the name part of your iCloud email address 
    // (for example, emilyparker, not emilyparker@icloud.com).
    success = imap.Login("ICLOUD_USERNAME","ICLOUD_PASSWORD");
    if (success != true) {
        strOut.append(imap.lastErrorText());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());
        return;
    }

    // Select an IMAP folder/mailbox
    success = imap.SelectMailbox("Inbox");
    if (success != true) {
        strOut.append(imap.lastErrorText());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());
        return;
    }

    // Once the folder/mailbox is selected, the NumMessages property
    // will contain the number of emails in the mailbox.
    // Loop from 1 to NumMessages to fetch each email by sequence number.

    CkEmail *email = 0;
    int i;
    int n = imap.get_NumMessages();
    bool bUid = false;
    for (i = 1; i <= n; i++) {

        // Download the email by sequence number.
        email = imap.FetchSingle(i,bUid);
        if (imap.get_LastMethodSuccess() != true) {
            strOut.append(imap.lastErrorText());
            strOut.append("\r\n");
            SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());
            return;
        }

        strOut.appendInt(i);
        strOut.append(": ");
        strOut.append(email->ck_from());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        strOut.append("    ");
        strOut.append(email->subject());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        strOut.append("-");
        strOut.append("\r\n");

        delete email;
    }

    // Disconnect from the IMAP server.
    success = imap.Disconnect();

    strOut.append("Success.");
    strOut.append("\r\n");

    // Sample output:

    // 	1: iCloud <noreply@email.apple.com>
    // 	    Welcome to iCloud Mail.
    // 	-
    // 	2: "Chilkat Software" <support@chilkatsoft.com>
    // 	    This is a test
    // 	-
    // 	Success.


    SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());

    }